Seaweed produces metabolites aiding in the protection against different environmental
stresses. These compounds show antiviral, antiprotozoal, antifungal, and antibacterial …

Marine algae have attracted a great deal of interest as excellent sources of nutrients.
Polysaccharides are the main components in marine algae, hence a great deal of attention …

Fucoidans are marine sulfated biopolysaccharides that have heterogenous and complicated
chemical structures. Various sugar monomers, glycosidic linkages, molecular masses …

Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Seaweed is used in many countries for very different purposes-directly as food, especially in
sushi, as a source of phycocolloids, extraction of compounds with antiviral, antibacterial or …

Background It is reported that natural glucan has many physiological and biological
activities based on its special chemical structure. Scope and approach However, the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it essential to explore alternative antiviral materials.
Alginate is a biodegradable, renewable, biocompatible, water-soluble and antiviral …

A fucoidan (CCF) and a sodium alginate (CCSA) were extracted and purified from the
Tunisian brown seaweed Cystoseira compressa. CCF was a highly sulfated …

The viral infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 has increased the mortality rate and engaged
several adverse effects on the affected individuals. Currently available antiviral drugs have …

Purified fucoidans SHAP-1 and SHAP-2 with apparent molecular weights of 6.55× 10 5 and
5.89× 10 5, respectively, were isolated from Sargassum henslowianum by ion-exchange …